Which empire conquered Mediterranean area?

Answer 1

In the west, no empire followed it for some three hundred years. In 800, the Frankish King, Charlemagne, who had conquered much of Italy, was crowned "Roman Emperor" by the Pope. This was the beginning of the "Holy Roman Empire" which continued until 1806, though after Charlemagne's death its authority was usually limited to Germany and Italy, and became increasingly nominal even there. In the East, the Roman Empire (commonly called the "Byzantine" Empire) continued until 1453, when it was replaced by the Ottoman Empire, whose Sultan used the title "Qaysar y Rum" (Emperor of Rome) and which survived until 1922. Between the early 600s and 800s about half the former Roman Empire (Syria, Egypt, N Africa, Spain) was included in the Arab Caliphate, which also held other lands as far as the borders of India and China. The Tsars of Russia claimed to be the heirs of Byzantium and the "Third Rome", but never ruled any significant amount of Roman or Byzantine territory

Answer 2

The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was east Rome after West Rome fell. West fell to a number of different "barbariens" until finally somehow turned into the Holy Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire thrived until the 1400's until it was captured by Muslims and is now the country of Turkey.

Answer 3

The Roman Empire wasn't conquered by another empire, rather it succumbed to constant pressure from migrating tribes from eastern Europe, who were themselves being displaced by the arrival of other tribes from the baltic and russia. It should also be remembered that the Romans never fully conquored what later became Germany. The Romans began withdrawing their armies from the provinces, leaving Britannia at the end of the 4th Century AD. Rome itself was sacked three times in the space of a hundred and fifty years, in AD410 by Alaric (Visigoths), AD455 by Geiseric (Vandals) and AD546 by Totila (Ostrogoths). The attack of AD410 by Alaric is seens as the effective end of the Western Roman Empire (leaving the Eastern Roman Empire based at Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul as the remaining Roman power). Its after this point that it becomes confusing, what remains of the Empire is strongest in the East but they couldn't abandon Rome itself and maintain the claim on its lands, when Geiseric threatens invasion in AD455 Emperor Theodosius II (Eastern Empire) who 'adopted (sort of...)' Valentinian III, the son of Constantius III (who was declared Emperor in Britain in 417) However he died after only seven months as Emperor. Now he was married to the sister of Theodosius II. His son from that marriage was of course Valentinian III. When Honorius died a usurper Joannes attempted to sieze power, thus prompting Theodosius II to send the young (six years old actually...) Valentinian III to restore proper Roman rule, which he did, being proclaimed Western Emperor on October 23rd AD425.

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Valentinian was a bit of a brat and extensive taxing lead to more and more provinces still loyal to Rome being cut off, taken or out right abandoning the Empire. He treacherously murdered his daughters husband (and Romes greatest general of the time, Aetius) in AD454 and was subsequenty assassinated himself in AD455, allegedly by two of Aetius' soldiers, though it is likely that they were talked into it by Petronius Maximus a wealthy Senator who declared himself Emperor on March 17th (the day after Valentinian's assassination). Petronius however also sucked at ruling and did so for eleven weeks, before Rome was sieged and looted, but not destroyed, by Genseric and his Vandals. This pretty much killed off the Western Empire, the Byzantine Empire managed to hold onto the city until the 700's (AD). After that the Byzantine Empire was in decline, albiet a few resurgances, but they never retook Rome. in AD1453 Constantinople itself was taken by Ottoman Turks, ending the last bastion, however diluted, of the Roman Empire

Rome basically succumbed to its own size and wealth and the greed of its rulers. Wealthy citys attracted 'barbarian' tribes and jealous rivals as did their fertile farm lands. Its borders collapsed, the legions in the later part of the Empire were mostly barbarian auxilia, not the heavily armoured Legions common in films. Emperors were constantly assassinating each other and bribary of the army was common, using the backing of the troops to gain power only ever tended to lead to an assassination in the near future. Debasement of the currency also caused economic crashes, for worse than we are experiancing these days. In the end you will have to make up your own opinion of when the Roman Empire truly ended, because it took centuries for it to truly die.

Answer 4

In the time period of "ancient history" the Mediterranean area was first conquered by Carthage and then conquered by Rome.